Senior Maintenance Planner and Scheduler

AGC Biologics is a leading global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization, with a deep commitment to improving life quality by bringing new biopharmaceuticals to market. Because of our dedication to building and empowering our internal teams, AGC Biologics is an innovative leader in the industry with an extensive network of cGMP facilities in the US, Europe and Asia. As such, we deliver a deep expertise, dynamic solutions and technologies, as well as customized services for the scale-up and cGMP manufacturing of protein-based therapeutics and cell and gene therapies. We forge exceptionally strong partnerships with our clients, and we never lose sight of our pledge to deliver a reliable and compliant drug substance supply, Right, On time. For more information, visit www.agcbio.com. 

SUMMARY: 

AGC Biologics is searching for an experienced Maintenance Planner/Scheduler who can improve work force productivity and quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through planning, scheduling, and coordination of maintenance/calibration resources, parts, materials, and equipment access

This position is responsible to include the planning and coordination of all planned maintenance/calibration activities performed at both Colorado sites for Longmont and Boulder as well as the participation in all applicable forums to make a reliable scheduling and track, record, and report schedule attainment and make adjustment necessary adjustment to avoid maintenance or calibration’s extensions.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Plant Support:
• Responsible for developing and managing the engineering maintenance schedules for the factory.
• Identifies and implements improvements to the maintenance processes on site.
• Coaches and develops the BMRAM and engineering planning skills of the engineering staff.
• To have technical skills to implement and define with Engineering Technicians and Engineering management the right PM implementation.
• Manage the parts inventory system.  This includes entering or supervising the entry of all parts transactions such as purchase orders, issues, returns, and inventory adjustments.  This also includes managing blocked invoices
• Maintain accurate inventory records and perform or manage periodic cycle counts and physical inventories.  Provide management with the required reports.
• Work with maintenance group and vendors to ensure necessary parts are on hand while minimizing overall inventory value.
• Help develop and maintain procedures for parts and work orders and ensure the plant compliance with these procedures.
• Utilizes TPM/RCM to deliver the maintenance initiatives on site.
• Assist and recommend new projects and methods to minimize costs while ensuring accurate systems.
• Responsible for maintenance data capture (losses, cost, breakdown analysis, tag resolution).
• Core Planning Responsibilities:
• Responsible for initial screening of incoming work orders, identification of scope and analysis of required level of planning.
• Conduct field walk downs to identify and document job requirements.
• Detailed Job planning:
• Researching or gather necessary engineering or technical documents, specifications, and drawings.
• Identifies specific safety hazards that will be encountered in the performance of the proposed job.
• Scoping of work, estimating of material and labor (internal and external) job requirements, identifying tool (calibration standards availability) and equipment requirements.
• Developing job material lists to increase “wrench time” and maximize efficiency
• Determine and include QA/QC requirements on jobs.
• Manage deviations and Calibration extensions as needed.
• MRO Supply Chain Coordination
• Creation of purchase requisitions for outside calibration services.
• Creation of stock reservations for planned work.
• Pick Ticket creation for planned work.
• Assist Storeroom function in the kitting and staging of job material requirements.
• Communicates with contractor resources directly on specific work orders assigned to the contractors and performance expectation of the work order. Does not manage the contractor, but ensure that all of the details of the work orders ae clearly communicated and understood.

• Additional Planning Responsibilities:
• Planning and scheduling for shutdowns (major and minor)
• Gantt charts
• Critical Path Analysis
• Resource leveling
• Development of Planner reference systems including a file of Planned Job Packages for recurring jobs, plus labor and material libraries for each p